Re: [lojban] Anyone? Anyone? ( was Re: Community Proposal To DevelopConversational Fluency)

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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> Dammit, *I* thought it was a good idea.
>
> Anyone interested at all?
>
> Would people's interest change if I agreed to buy phone cards to pay for
> the calls themselves?
>
> -Robin
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:38:49PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > The following things seem to be true:
> >
> > 1.  We all bitch about having no-one to speak lojban with.
> > 2.  The computer voice chat thing isn't working.
> >
> > Given that, I propose the following, which I call:
> >
> >
> > The Lojbanic Phone-Buddies Network
> >
> > 1.  A bunch of people who are interested state their interest, skill
> > level in *conversational* lojban, and how much money they can spend.
> >
> > 2.  Each such person is paired up with a person of higher or equal skill
> > level (this means that each person should actually be paired with two
> > people: one above/same and one below).  The pairings should also take
> > into account financial ability: I am able to afford calls to Europe, for
> > example; many people in the US won't be so able.
> >
> > 3.  The pairs determine among themselves when and for how long each week
> > to have a phone conversation in (or at least mostly in) lojban.  They
> > also determine who is going to pay, or, if both will pay sometimes, how
> > that will be mixed.
> >
> >
> > Theoretically, this should lead to a large network of people who all
> > speak lojban fairly fluently, and at least somewhat speak the same
> > dialect.
> >
> > What do you all think?
> >
> > -Robin
> > PS: As the proposer, I get dibs on Nick.  8)
> >
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> >
> >
>
>

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